Australia · New South Wales · Malabar, Sydney
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Historic Sydney facility with multiple discrete prisons on one campus. Includes the Long Bay Hospital, the state's main forensic-psychiatric inmate hospital.
Capacity
1,300
Current population
1,280
Occupancy
98%
Year opened
1909
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 20 May 2026 · methodology
Operator
Corrective Services NSWPopulation held
male
Opened
1909
Region
New South Wales
Security level
Mixed
Death-row facility
No
Multi-unit campus; conditions vary substantially between security tiers.
Booked online via Corrective Services NSW. Photo ID and pre-approval required.
Inmate Name & MIN, Long Bay Correctional Complex, 1300 Anzac Parade, Malabar NSW 2036, Australia.
Public transport: 396 or 391 bus from Central Station.
No major issues documented in our database.
Ivan Milat (deceased 2019), Brett Cowan, various NSW high-profile inmates.
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
What the score is responding to:
This facility scores 5. The national average across 262 scored Australia facilities is 5 — matching the national average.
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
Higher risk than 0% of peer facilities in Australia.
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World Prisons. (2026). Long Bay Correctional Complex. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/long-bay
"Long Bay Correctional Complex." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/long-bay.
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title = {Long Bay Correctional Complex},
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